167: "As-tu suivi les événements récents en Ukraine?"
Little did we know when we were preparing this lesson in recent days that the situation in Ukraine would become even more fragile with the shooting down of a civilian airliner. Bertrand gives his view...
18 Jul 201421min
166: "C'est confirmé... t'es atteint d'APC!"
The focus of our lesson this time is something which could be described as a modern-day disorder, afflicting a huge number of people. We're not talking about a physical disorder, per se... more of a s...
6 Jun 201417min
165: "Hier, j'ai assisté à un concert éblouissant!"
Our lesson this time focuses on a concert Béatrix attended, a classical concert. Bertrand wonders what makes the difference between a concerto on the one hand and a symphony on the other. Béatrix give...
23 Mai 201414min
164: "As-tu vu 'Dallas Buyers' Club'?"
Our lesson this time centres around a film called "Dallas Buyers' Club", the story of a Texan cowboy who contracted AIDS at a time when most people had not yet heard of the disease. Let's listen. Then...
14 Mai 201418min
163. "Nelson Mandela: comment se fait-il que l'on parle autant de lui?"
If ever the term 'great statesman' were relevant, it could surely be attributed to Nelson Mandela. In our conversation this time, Bertrand puts some questions to Béatrix to discover why, exactly, Mand...
22 Feb 20140s
162: "As-tu entendu parler des ouvriers népalais au Qatar?"
Our conversation this time focuses on working conditions as Qatar develops its infrastructure for the football World Cup in 2022. The tournament is some years away but the controversies surrounding th...
24 Jan 201416min
161: "Are you following the Snowden affair?"
Just recently, Edward Snowden was living a normal life. Now, however, he is a hunted man with a future that is very uncertain. Once he revealed that U.S. authorities were monitoring the daily communic...
3 Aug 20130s
160: "What do you think of the lottery?"
Florida was home to a recent winner of the Powerball jackpot of around 400 million dollars. As always, there was a media frenzy. In this lesson, Lucien and Zara discuss lotteries in general. Zara thin...
6 Jul 201316min
